Walter Mirisch Movie Scores collection

Walter Mirisch Movie Scores collection, 1948-1969

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Mirisch, Walter, 1921-2023
Title: Walter Mirisch Movie Scores collection
Dates: 1948-1969 (inclusive)
19581964
Quantity: 30.59 cubic ft. (49 boxes)
Collection Number: 11355
Summary: Most of the collection is comprised of scores for fourteen movies produced by Walter Mirisch or produced through one of his companies.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Walter Mirisch was a film producer. In 1957, he formed the Mirisch Corporation with brother Marvin and half-brother Harold. In 1968, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of "In the Heat of the Night" (1967).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection primarily consists of music scores for fourteen movies produced by Walter Mirisch or produced through one of his companies: "The Apartment" (1960), "By Love Possessed" (1961), "The Children's Hour" (1961), "The Great Escape" (1963), "The Horse Soldiers" (1959), "Irma La Douce" (1963), "Kid Galahad" (1962), "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "Man of the West" (1958), "One, Two, Three" (1961), "Some Like It Hot" (1959), "Toys in the Attic" (1963), "Two for the Seesaw" (1962), and "West Side Story" (1961). Also included are publicity and advertising materials for several movies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

System Requirements

Salute to Harold J. Mirisch -- phonograph records.

Related Materials

Walter Mirisch papers, Wisconsin Historical Society.

Mirisch Corporation records, University of California, Los Angeles.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from Stephen, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), in 1972.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Roger Simon in September 2024.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Music Scores and Related MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	“The Apartment”
	Reel 1
Box
1	Part 1 Includes “Main Title.”	undated
1	Part 1A Includes “Bridge to ‘Career March.’”	undated
1	Parts 2 and 2X Includes “Career March.”	undated
1	Part 3 Includes “This Night.”	undated
1	Part 3A + Reel 2, Part 9A, and Reel 8, Part 3A	undated
1	Part 4	undated
1	Part 4 Revised	undated
1	Part 4X Includes “Some Schnook.”	undated
1	Part 4X Revised	undated
1	Part 5 + Reel 2, Part 1 Includes “Cheese Crackers.”	undated

	Reel 2
Box
1	Part 2 Includes “Grand Hotel” No. 1.	undated
1	Part 3 Includes “Cockamamie Indians.”	undated
2	Part 4 Includes “Western Brawl.”	undated
2	Part 5 Includes “Calvary Bugle Calls.”	undated
2	Part 6 Includes “Grand Hotel” No. 2.	undated
2	Part 7 Includes “Sleep Disturbed.”	undated
2	Part 8 Includes “Yes, Mr. Dobisch.”	undated
2	Part 9 Includes “This Night” (Dobisch version).	undated
2	Part 10 Includes “Park Bench.” The cover of the folder includes the handwritten notation “(deleted”).	undated
2	Part 10X Includes “Park Bench” No. 2 (Alternate version).	undated

	Reel 3
Box
2	Part 1 Includes “Office Workers” and “Everybody’s Got a Radio.”	undated
2	Part 2 + Reel 4, Part 1 Includes “They Want You Upstairs.”	undated

Box
2	Reel 4, Part 2 Includes “You Too, Sir.”	undated

	Reel 5
Box
3	Part 1 Includes “Bud Waits.”	undated
3	Part 2 Includes “Lover Boy.”	undated
3	Part 2A Includes “Jealous Lover.” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “played during the opening credits and often throughout the film.”	undated
3	Part 2X Includes “Don’t Let Me Down.”	undated
3	Part 3 Includes “Hong Kong Blues” (Rickshaw Café).	undated
3	Part 3X Includes “Hong Kong Blues.”	undated
3	Parts 4 and 4A Includes “Jealous Lover” No. 2.	undated
3	Part 5 Includes “Fran No Show.”	undated

	Reel 6
Box
3	Part 1 Includes “Congratulations.”	undated
3	Part 2 Includes “Bud’s Merry Pranks.”	undated
3	Part 3A Includes “Jingle Bells.” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “sung a cappella and danced at the Christmas Eve party.”	undated
3	Part 4 Includes “There’s a Tavern in the Town” and a list of cues. According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “There’s a Tavern in the Town” is “played at the Christmas Eve party.”	1960, undated
3	Part 5 Includes “Little Brown Jug.” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “played at the Christmas Eve party.”	undated
3	Part 6 Includes “Ring a Ding Ding.”	undated
3	Part 7B Includes “The Broken Mirror.”	undated
3	Part 8 + Reel 7, Part 1 – Revised Includes “Sylvia’s Strip” (Revised).	undated

	Reel 7
Box
3	Part 2 Includes “Lonely Room.” Includes “Lonely Room.” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “the only part of [Adolph] Deutsch's score published as a separate song.”	undated
4	Part 2X Includes “Lonely Room.”	undated
4	Part 3 (New) Includes “Adeste Fideles” (New Version).	undated
4	Part 4 Includes “Sheldrake’s Past.”	undated
4	Part 5 + Reel 8, Part 1 Includes “Jealous Lover” and sheet music for “Jealous Lover.”	1949, undated

	Reel 8
Box
4	Part 2 Includes “Blue Christmas.”	undated
4	Part 3 Includes “This Night.”	undated
4	Part 3A Sheet music for “This Night” – “From the Brazilian Hit ‘Magdalena.’” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “Magdalena” is “played on the record player in the living room.”	1952
4	Part 3X Insert Includes “This Night” – Insert.	undated

	Reel 9
Box
5	Part 1 Includes “Bud’s Vigil.”	undated
5	Part 2 + Reel 10, Part 1 Includes “Telephone Call.”	undated

Box
5	Reel 10, Part 2 Includes “I’m Sorry.”	undated

	Reel 11
Box
5	Part 1 Includes “So Fouled Up.”	undated
5	Part 2 Includes “Volkswagen Samba” No. 1.	undated
5	Part 2A Includes “Volkswagen Samba” No. 2.	undated
5	Part 3 Includes “Who’d Care?”	undated
5	Part 4 + Reel 12, Part 1 Includes “Sheldrake vs. Olsen.”	undated

	Reel 12
Box
5	Part 2 Includes “Olsen’s Revenge.”	undated
5	Part 3 Includes “Irate Brother.”	undated
5	Part 4 Includes “Chef Baxter” – based on “Capriccio Italien” by Tchaikovsky. According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “excerpt sung/hummed by Jack Lemmon during the film, most notably during cooking dinner.”	undated

	Reel 13
Box
5	Part 1 Includes “Dinner for Two” – based on “Capriccio Italien” by Tchaikovsky. According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “excerpt sung/hummed by Jack Lemmon during the film, most notably during cooking dinner.”	undated
5	Part 2 Includes “Frantic Fran.”	undated
5	Part 3 Includes “Your Troubles Are Over.”	undated
5	Part 4 Includes “Kicked in the Head.”	undated

	Reel 14
Box
6	Part 1 Includes “Being Bright.”	undated
6	Part 2 Includes “This Night” (New Year’s Eve version).	undated
6	Part 3A Includes “Auld Lang Syne.” According to the IMDB entry on the movie, “sung a cappella by all at the party on New Year's Eve.”	undated
6	Part 4 Includes “Where Are You, Fran?”	undated

Box
6	“Highland Music Papers” Includes music scores for Reel 1, Parts 3, 4, 4X, and Part 5 + Reel 2, Part 1 Reel 2, Parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, and 10X Reel 4, Part 2 Reel 5, Parts 2A and 5 Reel 6, Parts 1 and 2 Reel 9, Part 2, and Reel 10, Part 1 Reel 11, Parts 1, 3, and Part 4 + Reel 12, Part 1 Reel 12, Part 4 Reel 13, Part 2	undated

	“By Love Possessed”
	Reel 1
Box
6	Part 1	undated
6	Part 2	undated
6	Part 3	undated

	Reel 2
Box
6	Part 1	undated
7	Part 2	undated

	Reel 3
Box
7	Part 1	undated
7	Part 2	undated
7	Part 3	undated

	Reel 4
Box
7	Part 1	undated
7	Part 2	undated

	Reel 5
Box
7	Part 1	undated
7	Part 2 + Reel 6, Part 1	undated

	Reel 6
Box
7	Part 3 Includes “Full Circle.”	undated
7	Part 4 + Reel 7, Part 1	undated

	Reel 7
Box
8	Part 3	undated
8	Part 4	undated

Box
8	Reel 8, Part 1	undated

	Reel 9
Box
8	Part 2 Includes “Helen’s File.”	undated
8	Part 4	undated

	Reel 10
Box
8	Part 2	undated
8	Part 3	undated

Box
8	Reel 11, Part 1	undated

	Reel 12
Box
8	Part 1	undated
9	Alternate Tag to Reel 12, Part 1	undated
9	Bridge to Reel 12, Part 1 Alternate	undated
9	Tag Reel 12, Part 2 Alternate	undated

Box
9	Extra Sketches Includes music scores for Reel 1, Part 1, Part 2 (“Lovely Lush”), and Part 3 (“In the Cupola”) Reel 2, Part 1 (“Interruptus”) and Part 2 (“Inside Julius”) Reel 3, Part 1 (“The Nicest Girl in Town”), Part 2 (“Two Different Girls”), and Part 3 (“Planned Coincidence”) Reel 4, Part 1 (“Helen’s File”) and Part 2 (“Discovery”) Reel 5, Part 1 (“Trouble, Trouble”) and Part 2 + Reel 6, Part 1 (“After the Ball”) Reel 6, Part 3 (“Full Circle”) and Part 4 + Reel 7, Part 1 (“Veronica”) Reel 7, Part 2 (“Timbers Jazz”), Part 3 (“Sex Hex”), and Part 4 (“Last Quiet Moments”) Reel 8, Part 1 (“Reflections in a Bottle”) Reel 9, Part 1 (“Insoluble Maze”), Part 2 (“Final Cruelty”), and Part 4 (“Goodbyes”) Reel 10, Part 2 (“Bad News”) and Part 3 (“The Price of Peace”) Reel 11, Part 1 (“Excuses, Excuses”) Reel 12, Part 1 (“Ever So Humble”), Part 2 (“Only in the Movies”), Alternate Tag to Reel 12, Part 1, Bridge to Reel 12, Part 1 Alternate, and Tag – Reel 12, Part 2 – Alternate	undated

9	Lloyd Young – Conductors Includes music scores for Reel 1, Part 1, Part 2 (“Lovely Lush”), and Part 3 (“In the Cupola”) Reel 2, Part 1 (“Interruptus”) and Part 2 (“Inside Julius”) Reel 3, Part 1 (“The Nicest Girl in Town”), Part 2 (“Two Different Girls”), and Part 3 (“Planned Coincidence”) Reel 4, Part 1 (“Helen’s File”) and Part 2 (“Discovery”) Reel 5, Part 1 (“Trouble, Trouble”) and Part 2 + Reel 6, Part 1 (“After the Ball”) Reel 6, Part 3 (“Full Circle”) and Part 4 + Reel 7, Part 1 (“Veronica”) Reel 7, Part 2 (“Timbers Jazz”), Part 3 (“Sex Hex”), and Part 4 (“Last Quiet Moments”) Reel 8, Part 1 (“Reflections in a Bottle”) Reel 9, Part 1 (“Insoluble Maze”), Part 2 (“Final Cruelty”), and Part 4 (“Goodbyes”) Reel 10, Part 2 (“Bad News”) and Part 3 (“The Price of Peace”) Reel 11, Part 1 (“Excuses, Excuses”) Reel 12, Part 1 (“Ever So Humble”) and Part 2 (“Only in the Movies”)	undated

	“The Children’s Hour”
Box
9	Reel 2, Part 2 Includes “Proposal.”	1961, undated

	Reel 3
Box
9	Part 1 Includes “Shame.”	1961, undated
9	Part 1A New Includes “Shame” (new end) and “Gossip.”	undated
10	Part 2 Includes “Mary’s Lie.”	1961, undated

Box
10	Reel 4, Part 1 Includes “Tantrum.”	1961, undated

10	Reel 5, Part 1A New	undated

	Reel 6
Box
10	Part 1 Includes “Gossip.”	1961, undated
10	Part 3 Includes “Results.”	undated

	Reel 9
Box
10	Part 1 Includes “Confession.”	1961, undated
10	Part 2 + Reel 10, Part 1 Includes “Alone.”	undated

Box
10	Reel 10, Part 2 Includes “Caress.”	1961, undated

11	Reel 12, Part 1 Includes “Shock” and a list of cues.	1961, undated

	Reel 14
Box
11	Part 1 New Includes “Peace.”	undated
11	Part 2 New Includes “End Title.”	undated

Box

11	“Main Title” – New Includes Instrumental Break-Downs of Musical Numbers.	undated

	“The Great Escape”
Box
11	Reel 3, Part 2A Includes “The Mole.”	undated

	Reel 4
Box
11		undated
11	Part 1 Includes “X.”	undated
11	Part 1A Includes “Tonight We X.”	undated
11	Part 2 Includes “The Scrounger.”	undated

	Reel 5
Box
12	Part 1 Includes “Blythe.”	undated
12	Part 2 Includes “Water Faucet” and a list of cues.	1962, undated

	Reel 6
Box
12	Part 1 Includes “The Plan” and a list of cues.	1962, undated
12	Part 2 Includes “The Sad Ives” and a list of cues.	1962, undated

	Reel 8
Box
12	Part 1 Includes “Hilts and Ives.”	undated
12	Part 2 Includes “Cave In” and a list of cues.	1962, undated

	Reel 9
Box
12	Part 1 Includes “Restless Men.”	undated
12	Part 2 Includes “Booze.”	undated
12	Part 3 Includes a list of cues.	1962, undated
12	Part 4 Includes a list of cues.	1962, undated

Box
	“The Horse Soldiers”
Box
13	Reel 1, Part 1B Includes “I Left My Love.”	undated

	Reel 2
Box
13	Part 2 Includes “The Girl I Left” And a list of cues.	undated
13	Part 3 + Reel 3, Part 1	undated

Box
13	Reel 4, Part 1	undated

	Reel 5
Box
13	Part 1	undated
13	Part 3 + Reel 6, Part 1	undated

	Reel 6
Box
14	Part 2	undated
14	Part 3 Includes “Bonnie Blue Flag.”	undated

Box
14	Reel 7, Part 2 + Reel 8, Part 1	undated

	Reel 8
Box
15	Part 2	undated
15	Part 3	undated

Box
15	Reel 9, Part 1	undated

16	Reel 10, Part 5	undated

16	Reel 11, Part 1	undated

16	Reel 13, Parts 5 and 5X (Alternate Ending)	undated

17	Reel 15, Part 2	undated

	“Irma La Douce”
	Reel 1
Box
17	Part 1	undated
17	Part 2	1963, undated
17	Part 3	1963, undated
17	Part 4	1963, undated
17	Part 5 Includes “This is the Story.”	1963, undated

Box
18	Reel 2, Part 2 Includes “Nestor Patou.”	1963, undated

	Reel 3
Box
18	Part 2 Includes “Patrol Wagon.”	1963, undated
18	Part 3 + Reel 4, Part 1 Includes “Between Jobs.”	undated

	Reel 4
Box
18	Part 2 Includes “Chez Moustache.”	undated
18	Part 3 Includes “Sweet Irma.”	undated
18	Part 3 Alternate Includes “Sweet Irma.”	1963, undated

	Reel 5
Box
18	Part 1 Includes “After the Fight.”	undated
18	Part 2 Includes “Irma’s Apartment.”	1963, undated
18	Part 3 Includes “Don’t Take All Night.”	1963, undated
19	Part 4 + Reel 6, Part 1 Includes “Where Are You?”	1963, undated

Box
19	Reel 6, Part 2 Includes “The Bathtub.”	1963, undated

	Reel 7
Box
19	Part 1 Includes “She’s Got the Lot.”	undated
19	Part 2 Includes “Chez Moustache.”	undated
19	Part 3 Includes “Lord X.”	undated

Box
19	Reel 8, Part 5 Includes “Our Lucky Night.”	undated

	Reel 9
Box
19	Part 1 Includes “Dis-Donc, Dis-Donc.”	undated
19	Part 2 Includes “The Market.”	undated
19	Part 3 + Reel 10, Part 1 Includes “500 Francs.”	undated

	Reel 10
Box
19	Part 2 Includes “Smoking Again.”	undated
19	Part 3 Includes “Wrong Patch.”	undated

	Reel 11
Box
19	Part 2 Includes “The Hard Way.”	undated
19	Part 3 + Reel 12, Part 1 Includes “I’m Sorry, Irma.”	undated

	Reel 12
Box
19	Part 2 Includes “Tahiti.”	undated
19	Part 3 Includes “Baghdad.”	undated
19	Part 4 Includes “Tahiti Again.”	undated

	Reel 13
Box
19	Part 1 Includes “Lord X in Trouble.”	undated
19	Part 2 Includes “Goodbye, Lord X.”	undated

	Reel 14
Box
19	Part 1 Includes “Crime of Passion.”	undated
19	Part 2 Includes “Escape.”	undated

	Reel 15
Box
20	Part 1 Includes “Wedding Ring.”	undated
20	Part 2 Includes “A Miracle.”	undated
20	Part 3 + Reel 16, Part 1 Includes “Return of Lord X.”	undated

Box
20	Reel 16, Part 4 Includes “End Title.”	undated

20	Sweet Irma – “Utility Juke Box”	undated

20	Assorted	undated

20	“Kid Galahad”
Box
20	Reel 1, Parts 1, 2, and 3 Includes “Main Title,” “Grogan’s Place,” and “S.I.B.A. March” (excerpt).	1952, undated

20	Reel 2, Parts 1 and 2 Includes “Hoodvillle” and “Work Out.”	undated

20	Reel 3, Parts 2, 4, 5, and 6 Includes “Pigeon,” “This is Livin,’” “Grogan’s Trot,” and “Walter and “Dolly.”	1961, undated

20	Reel 4, Part 1 Includes “Water Meets Rose.”	undated

20	Reel 5, Parts 1, 2, 3, 3X, and 4, and Reel 5, Part 6 + Reel 11, Part 3 Includes “Uneasy Willy,” Intro to “Ridin’ the Rainbow,” “Ridin’ the Rainbow,” “Ridin’ the Rainbow” (Sweetener), “Washington Post March,” “The Thunderer,” and “The Old Ford.”	1961, undated

20	Reel 6, Parts 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, and 6 Includes “Dolly Miffed,” “Montage,” “The New Ford,” “Home is Where the Heart Is,” “Home is Where the Heart Is” (Sweetener), and “Red River Valley.”	1952-1961, undated

20	Reel 7, Parts 1, 2, and 3, and Reel 7, Part 5 + Reel 8, Part 1 Includes “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “I Got Lucky,” “The Tangled Twist,” “Home is Where the Heart Is,” and “Ford Repair.”	1961, undated

20	Reel 8, Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Includes “Marriageless,” “Walter’s Right Cross,” “Poor Dolly,” and “Training Daily.”	undated

20	Reel 9, Parts 2, 2X, 3, and 4 Includes “A Whistling Tune,” Sweetener to “A Whistling Tune,” “Take a Stroll,” and “Sparing.”	1961, undated

20	Reel 10, Parts 1, 2, and 4 Includes “Irish Lad,” “Love is for Lovers,” and “Broken Pinkies.”	1962, undated

20	Reel 11, Parts 1 and 2 Includes “The Scrap” and “The Gladiator March.”	undated

20	Reel 12, Parts 2, 3, and 3A Include “Sempre Fidelis,” “Everybody’s Happy,” and “The Bitter End.”	undated

20	“King of the Whole Wide World”	1961

	“The Magnificent Seven”
Box
20	Reel 5, Part 1, Reel 6, Parts 1 and 2, Reel 12, Part 3 + Reel 13, Part 1, Reel 13, Part 2, and Reel 14, Part 1 Includes “Chico’s Bravado,” “Chico’s Speech,” “Fiesta,” “Defeat,” “Crossroads,” and “Harry’s Mistake.”	undated

21	Sketches Includes music scores for Main Title Reel 6, Part 7 + Reel 3, Part 1 (“Stalking”) Reel 7, Part 2 (“Meanwhile Back at the the”) Reel 7, Part 3 (“Small Suspense”) Reel 7, Part 5 (“Worst Shot”) Reel 7, Part 6 (“Toro”) Reel 8, Part 2 (“Training”) Reel 7, Part 2 (“Meanwhile Back at the the”) Reel 8, Part 3 (“Calvera’s Return”) Reel 8, Part 3 + Reel 9, Part AB (“In the Trap”) Reel 9, Part 1 (“Calvera Routed”) Reel 9, Part 3 + Reel 10, Part 1 (“Ambush”) Reel 10, Part 2 (“Petra’s Declaration”) Reel 10, Part 3 (“Quiet Moment”) Reel 10, Part 4 (“Enemy Camp”) Reel 11, Part 1 (“Lee’s Problem”) Reel 11, Part 2 (“Argument”) Reel 12, Part 1 (“I Can’t Give You Anything But”) Reel 12, Part 2 (“Surprise”)	undated

	“Man of the West”
	Reel 1
Box
21	Part A Includes Main Title.	undated
21	Part B	undated

Box
21	Reel 2A Includes “Train in Transit.”

	Reel 2B
Box
22	Part 1 Includes “Train Holdup.”	undated
22	Part 2	undated

Box
22	Reel 3A Includes “Nester’s Hideout.”	undated

23	Reel 4A Includes “Dock’s Memories.”	undated

23	Reel 5A Includes “Grave Diggers.”	undated

	Reel 6A
Box
23	Part 1 Includes “Bundling” – Part 1.	undated
23	Part 2 Includes “Bundling” – Part 2.	undated
24	Part 3 Includes “Bundling” – Part 3.	undated

Box
24	Reel 7A Includes “Confession.”	undated

	Reel 7B
Box
24	Part 1 Includes “Dock’s Discipline.”	undated
24	Part 2 + Reel 7C	undated

Box
24	Reel 8A Includes “First Kiss?”	undated

25	Reel 8B Includes “Knock Down.”	undated

25	Reel 9A Includes “Drag Out.”	undated

25	Reel 9B Includes “Beasley’s Sacrifice.”	undated

25	Reel 9C + Reel 10A Includes “Wagons Roll.”	undated

25	Reel 10B, Part 1 Includes “Frustration” – Part 1.	undated

26	Reel 10B, Part 2 Includes “Frustration” – Part 2.	undated

26	Reel 11A Includes “Toward Lassoo.”	undated

26	Reel 11B Includes “Trout Dies Screaming.”	undated

26	Reel 12A Includes “Lassoo Gun Fight.”	undated

27	Reel 12B	undated

27	Reel 13A, Part 1 Includes “Dock’s End” – Part 1.	undated

27	Reel 13A, Part 2 Includes “Dock’s End” – Part 2.	undated

27	Reel 13B Includes “Going Home.”	undated

27	Reel 13C Includes Alternate End Title.	undated

27	Reel 13D Includes Vocal End Title.	undated

27	Assorted Music Scores Includes a handwritten score for the song “Man of the West” by Bobby Troup.	undated
27	Instrumental Break-Downs of Musical Numbers	undated

	“One, Two, Three”
Box
27	Reel 6, Part 5 Includes “To East Berlin.”	undated

	Reel 7
Box
28	Part 1 Includes “I’m Scared.”	undated
28	Part 3 Includes “Sabre Dance.”	undated
28	Part 4 Includes “To East Berlin.”	undated
28	Part 5 Includes “Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.”	undated
Box

28	“The Party” – “Nothing to Lose” (sheet music)	1968
	“Some Like It Hot”
Box
28	Reel 1, Part 1 Includes Main Title.	undated

	Reel 2
Box
28	Part 1 Includes “Fire Escape.”	undated
28	Part 2A Includes “Randolph Street Rag.”	undated
28	Parts 2B and 2D Includes “Come to Me, Baby.”	undated
28	Part 2C Includes “The Bad Old Days at M.C.A.” and “Pineapple Juice.”	undated
28	Part 2E Includes “My Wm Morris Chair.”	undated
29	Part 3 Includes “Cold Conversation.”	undated

	Reel 3
Box
29	Part 1 Includes “Spats Motif.”	undated
29	Part 1B Includes “Phone Fall.”	undated
29	Part 2 Includes “Tooth Pick Kick.”	undated
29	Part 3 Includes “Heels A’ Hoppin.’”	undated
29	Part 4 Includes “Sugar’s First Blues.”	undated

	Reel 4
Box
30	Part 1 Includes “Washroom Sugar Blues.”	undated
30	Part 2 Includes “Flask and Garter.”	undated
30	Part 6 Includes “Sneaky Sugar Blues.”	undated
30	Parts 6A and 6B Includes “Locomotives” No. 1 and No. 2 (“I’m a Girl!”).	undated

Box
30	Reel 5, Part 1 Includes “Sugar’s Thing.”	undated

	Reel 6
Box
30	Part 1 Includes “Down Among the Sheltering Palms.”	undated
31	Part 2 Includes “Down Among the Sheltering Palms.”	undated
31	Part 3 Includes “Elevator Gimmick.”	undated
31	Part 3 Revised Includes “Elevator Gimmick” – Revised.	undated

	Reel 7
Box
31	Part 1 Includes “Rags to Riches.”	undated
31	Part 2 Includes “By the Sea” – Vocal.	undated
31	Part 3 Includes “A Trip by the Sea.”	undated

	Reel 8
Box
32	Part 1 Includes “The Sand Flee.”	undated
32	Part 2A Includes “I Wanna be Loved by You.”	undated
32	Part 2B Includes “I Wanna be Loved by You.”	undated
32	Part 3 Includes “Sweet Sue” and “Sweet Sue” – Revised.	undated
32	Part 4 Includes “Zip Tease.”	undated

	Reel 9
Box
32	Part 1	undated
33	Part 1 Includes “Bicycle Chase.”	undated
33	Part 2 Includes “I Wanna be Loved by You” – Backwards.	undated

	Reel 10
Box
33	Part 1 Includes “Stairway – Radio #1.”	undated
33	Part 2A Includes “Cold Pan #1.”	undated
33	Part 3 Includes “Stairway – Radio #2.”	undated
33	Part 3A Includes “Hot Pan #1.”	undated
33	Part 4A Includes “Cold Pan #2.”	undated
33	Part 5 Includes “Stairway – Radio #3.”	undated
33	Part 5A Includes “Hot Pan #2.”	undated
33	Part 6A Includes “Cold Pan #3.”	undated
34	Part 7 Includes “Milk Fund Kisses.”	undated

	Reel 11
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34	Part 1 Includes “Suicidally Beautiful.”	undated
34	Part 2 Includes “Spats and Opera.”	undated
34	Part 3 Includes “Elevator Suspense.”	undated
34	Part 4 + Reel 12, Part 1 Includes “‘Merger,’ He Says!”	undated

	Reel 12
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35	Part 2 Includes “Sugar and Bourbon.”	undated
35	Part 3 Includes “Valentine Card Chase.”	undated
35	Part 4 Includes “Wriggletto.”	undated
35	Part 5 Includes “Seven Up.”	undated

	Reel 13
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35	Part 1 Includes “Death of Spats.”	undated
35	Part 2 Includes “Boys Up – Girl Down.”	undated
36	Part 3 Includes “I’m Thru with Love” – Revised.	undated
36	Part 3C Includes “I’m Thru with Love” – End of Vocal.	undated
36	Part 4 Includes “Wait for Sugar.”	undated
36	Part 5 Includes “Nobody’s Perfect.”	undated
36	Part 6 Includes End Cast.	undated

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***	“Down Among the Sheltering Palms” (78 rpm record)	undated
36	Incidental Music #1	undated
36	Incidental Music #2	Incidental Music #1
36	“I Wanna be Loved by You”	undated
37	“Runnin’ Wild” – #1, #2, and #3	undated
37	“III”	undated
37	Assorted Music Scores Includes “Down Among the Sheltering Palms” (sheet music) and “Sweet Georgia Brown.”	1948, undated
37	Assorted Documents Includes Main Title Counts, Rerecording Logs, Instrumental Break-Downs of Musical Numbers, and Stage Logs.	1958-1959, undated

	“Toys in the Attic”
	Reel 1
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37	Part 1 Includes Main Title.	undated
37	Part 2 Includes Main Title, Part 2 – “Bourbon St. Beatnik.”	undated
37	Part 3 Includes Main Title, Part 3.	undated
37	Part 5 Includes “Lilly Phones.”	undated

	Reel 2
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37	Part 1 Includes “Carrie Upset.”	undated
37	Part 2 Includes “Carrie Remembers.”	undated
37	Part 3 Includes “Carrie Excited.”	undated
37	Part 4 Includes “The Attic.”	undated

	Reel 3
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38	Part 1 Includes “Julian” and a list of cues and corresponding times, titles, and instruments.	1963, undated
38	Part 2 Includes “Lilly and Julian.”	undated

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38	Reel 4, Part 1A Includes “The Tickets.”	undated

38	Assorted Documents Includes Music Notes, a list of cues and corresponding times, titles, and instruments, and lists of reel numbers and corresponding cues, titles, and other information.	1963, undated

	“Two for the Seesaw”
	Reel 1
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38	Part 1 Includes Main Title.	undated
38	Part 3 Includes “The First Call.”	undated


	Reel 2
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38	Part 1 Includes “The Peacock.”	undated
38	Part 2 Includes “Trio Theme.”	undated

	Reel 3
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38	Part 1 Includes “Everybody’s Got a Radio.”	undated
38	Part 2 Includes “Two for the Seesaw.”	undated

	Reel 4
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38	Part 1 Includes “Empty Bed.”	undated
39	Part 1X (Long Version) Includes “Empty Bed” – Long Version.	1962, undated

	Reel 5
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39	Part 1 Includes “The Girls Are Expensive.”	undated
39	Part 2 Includes “French Fries.”	undated
39	Part 2A Includes Song from “Two for the Seesaw.”	undated
39	Part 3 Includes “Shirley’s Dance.”	undated

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39	Reel 6, Part 2 + Reel 7, Part 1 Includes “Just Make One Claim.” The cover of the folder includes the handwritten notation “deleted.”	undated

39	Reel 7, Part 2 Include “Only Meet Me Halfway.”	undated

	Reel 8
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39	Part 1 Includes “Lonely Loft.”	undated
39	Part 2 Includes “Salty Sophie.”	undated
39	Part 3 + Reel 9, Part 1 Includes “Home from the Party.”	undated
39	Part 3X + Reel 11, Part 2X Includes Insert – “Home from the Party.”	1962, undated

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39	Reel 9, Part 2 Includes “Indecision.”	undated

	Reel 10
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39	Part 1 Includes “I Need You.”	undated
39	Part 2 Includes “I’m Sick.”	undated

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40	Reel 11, Part 2 Includes “My Ties Are Here.”	undated

40	Reel 12, Part 1 Includes “Tess.”	undated

40	Reel 13, Part 2 Includes End Title.	undated

	“West Side Story”
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40	6002-01 – "Taunting Scene"	undated
40	6002-02 – “Cool Fugue”	undated
40	6002-02 Includes Intro to “Jet Song.”	1961, undated
40	6002-02 Includes “Jet Song” – Insert.	1961, undated
40	6002-03 – “Cool”	undated
40	6002-04 – “Jet Song”	undated
41	6002-04 – “Jet Song”	undated
41	6002-04 Includes “Something’s Coming” – Intro.	1961, undated
41	6002-04A – “Jet Song” – Extra Bars version	1960, undated
41	6002-05 – “Gee, Officer Krupke”	undated
41	6002-05 Includes “Gee, Officer Krupke” and “Something’s Coming” – New Ending.	undated
42	6002-06 – “The Rumble”	undated
42	6002-06 Includes “The Rumble” and “Tonight” – Part 1 – Extension.	1960-1961, undated
42	6002-06 Alt Includes “Tonight” – Part 1 – Extension (Alternate version).	1961, undated
42	6002-07 – “Something’s Coming” Includes “Balcony Scene” – Scoring.	1961, undated
43	6002-09 Includes “Prologue” – Part 2.	1960, undated
43	6002-10 – “Prologue” – Insert No. 1	1960, undated
44	6002-10 Includes “Mambo” – Jukebox.	1961, undated
44	6002-11 Includes “Maria” (Coat Over Shoulder). The cover of the folder includes the handwritten notation “not used.”	1961, undated
44	6002-11 Rev Includes “Maria” (Coat Over Shoulder) – Revised.	1961, undated
44	6002-12 Includes “I Feel Pretty” – Lead-In.	1961, undated
44	6002-12A Includes “I Feel Pretty” – Lead-In – Continued.	1961, undated
44	6002-13 Includes “Bridal Shop.”	1961, undated
44	6002-13A, 13C, 13D, and 13F Includes “Promenade,” “Maria Cha-Cha,” “Meeting Scene,” and “Jump.”	undated
44	6002-14 Includes “One Hand, One Heart” – Lead-In.	1961, undated
44	6002-15 Includes “Roof Top” and “Tonight” – Part 1.	1961, undated
44	6002-16 Includes “He Killed Your Brother” and “One Hand, One Heart.”	1961, undated
45	6002-17 Includes “Killer, Killer” and “A Boy Like That” – “I Have a Love” (Duet – Anita and Maria).	1961, undated
45	6002-17 Rev Includes “Killer, Killer” – Revised.	1961, undated
45	6002-18 Includes “Arab – Shadows.”	1961, undated
45	6002-19 Includes “Dig It Good.”	1961, undated

45	No. 2 – “Jet Song”	undated
45	No. 2A – “Jet Song” – Chase	undated
47	No. 3 – “Something’s Coming” (New)	undated
47	No. 3A – “Something’s Coming” – Chase	undated
47	No. 4 – Dance Hall Sequence	undated
47	No. 4C – The Meeting Scene – West Side Scene	undated
47	No. 4E – “Jump”	undated
47	No. 6 – Balcony Scene	undated
47	No. 7 – “America”	undated
47	No. 7A – “America” to Drugstore	undated
47	No. 8A – “Cool” – Chase	undated
47	No. 8B – Tony – Doc	undated
47	No. 9 – Intro to “One”	undated
47	No. 10 – Quintet – Act I, Scene 6	undated
48	No. 11 – “Rumble”	undated
48	No. 12 – “I Feel Pretty” Intro	undated
48	No. 14A – Krupke to Wake Up	undated
48	No. 15 – “A Boy Like That”	undated
48	No. 16 – Taunting Scene	undated
48	No. 17 – Finale	undated
48	Assorted Music Scores Includes “The Dance at the Gym” – Rehearsal Copy and “Like Everybody Else” (not used in stage production).	undated
48	Assorted Lyrics	1960, undated
48	Contractor and Copyist Information	undated
48	“Cool” – Start Marks	undated
	Correspondence
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48	Legal Correspondence regarding prologue music and changes to the lyrics of the principal songs.	1960
48	Betty Walberg Correspondence regarding the hiring of Walberg as a rehearsal pianist for the movie.	1960

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48	Instrumental Break-Downs of Musical Numbers	1961, undated
48	Music Notes	1961
48	Prologue – Cues Lists	undated

	Assorted
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48	“Gene Kelly – ‘Pontiac’ – Nostalgia Medley – Part 3”	undated
46	unidentified Polka music (vinyl record)	undated
46	unidentified music scores	undated

Series II. Publicity and AdvertisingReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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48	“The Battle of Gettysburg” Announcement for a movie to be directed by Blake Edwards – the movie was never made.	undated
48	“Cast a Giant Shadow” Includes press-junket clippings, and photographic negatives “of research photos from books taken by Mel Shavelson [who wrote, produced, and directed the movie].”	1965, undated
48	“The First Time” Includes staff & crew lists. The movie is referred to in some of the materials as “You Don’t Need Pajamas at Rosie’s,” “Beginners Three,” “The Beginners.”	1969, undated
49	“Guns of the Magnificent Seven” Includes a folder with information about a screening of the movie at the Academy Award Theatre.	1969, undated
46	“The Hallelujah Trail” – radio spot announcements (33-1/3 rpm vinyl record)	undated
49	“Hell Boats”	1968, undated
49	“Hour of the Gun”	undated
49	“Inspector Clouseau”	undated
49	“Return from the Ashes”	undated
49	“Return of the Seven”	undated
49	“633 Squadron”	undated
49	“Some Kind of a Nut” Includes an envelope, labeled “The One with the Fuzz” (an alternate title for the movie), of photographic negatives of Florence Henderson. According to the American Film Institute’s catalog entry on the movie, Handerson was originally cast in the movie, but she left because of scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Angie Dickinson.	undated
49	“What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?” A newspaper ad for the movie, as well as a “Hollywood Reporter” clipping that mentions both the movie and another movie, “The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming.”	1965-1966
46	Assorted Photographs, Negatives, and Slides Includes stills from “The Apartment,” “By Love Possessed,” “Guns of the Magnificent Seven,” “Hour of the Gun,” “Inspector Clouseau,” “Some Like It Hot,” and “West Sidie Story.”	1959-1961, undated
49	Assorted	undated

Series III. AssortedReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
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49	British publications One issue each of “Books and Bookmen” and “Plays and Players.”	1961-1962
49	Correspondence A memo (photocopy) from Mimi Roth to producer Max Youngstein regarding William Faulkner’s novel “The Mansion” as a possible movie project, as well as a letter from the Writers Guild of America, West, to its members.	1960-1962
46	“A Salute to Harold J. Mirisch – Motion Picture Pioneer of the Year” – Americana Hotel (NYC) – November 23, 1964, 1964 (vinyl records – four sides) (sides 1 & 2 – 11 copies, sides 3 & 4 – 14 copies)	1964
49	Script pages Pages from an apparently unproduced script about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.	undated
49	Virginia Kirkus’ Service (NY, NY) – Bulletins	1961-1962

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